Saturday, 10 May 2014

BOOK MAKING CLASS - TICKED!

Yesterday saw me teaching a book/journal-making class at Crazy Crafting. And I had a whale of a time! Paper play was a new experience for nearly all the ladies attending and it was lovely to demonstrate techniques and give occasional 1-1 instruction... this is what I love when I am not playing with paper myself. One lady discovered a natural talent and love for this. Her book progressed really fast and she even worked through lunch as she was so bitten by the bug! If you paper-play you'll probably understandthat it's hard to stop when you get going...

Her book included file tabs and organised sections. She added different kinds of pockets: some for tags and others deeper for storing all those pieces of paper that she wants to collect. She already started to fill one, copying templates that she'd used in the making of her book. There was another pocket for a note pad.

The lady who made this book has just discovered a love for creating. She is going to use this as an inspiration book. She ran with my ideas and added a whole list of her own. Don't you just love when this happens! She also added a page for writing down equipment and materials that she wants to buy. Gosh, this list was quite long by the end of the class!

I supplied equipment for everyone attending and Pauline and Lesley, who run Crazy Crafting, kindly added some of their own too. This meant there was a range of different score boards, guillotines and other equipment for everyone to try. Those attending the class said they found this very helpful and they liked the opportunity to try different equipment and to get opinions from those who use these regularly.

There was a buzz of energy and periods of silence where everyone was absorbed in what they were doing. What a lovely way to spend a day! Thank you for inviting me Pauline and Lesley. I can't wait to run another class!

My one-word for 2014 is CREATE. I decided back in January that this year I will take more action and DO the things that I have planned or thought about. Running classes has been on my list for a long time. Another tick off my list!

12 comments:

Sounded a wonderful day Sandie and so pleased it was a success. I so wanted to be there as you know but now waiting for your next workshop. I've started on a couple of books myself but really need some of your inspiration. Well done.Patricia x